What are your worst/most disappointing holiday shopping horror stories?

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It's almost time for that dreaded holiday shopping..."holiday" -- Black Friday. I've made my feelings on the insanity of holiday shopping known, so I tend to avoid the whole thing altogether.

But the rest of you deal-hunting, penny-pinching, frugal fanatics probably can't help yourselves when it comes to those extreme rock-bottom prices, even under threat of riot-level crowds.

So we wanna hear your worst shopping experiences, online and/or in person. Did you wait in ludicrously long lines all night only to find the one thing you wanted was sold out? End up in a shoving match with a bundled-up granny over the last Turbo-Man? Show up and find out that the item you thought was for sale is actually full price with 12 mail-in rebates that take six months to process?

We might do something with these stories, so make sure you're cool with that.

Disclaimer: the thing we use these for will be really disappointing, if we do anything at all.